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Tennessee

[ten-uh-see]

noun

  1. a state in the southeastern United States. 42,246 sq. mi. (109,415 sq. km). Nashville. TN (for use with zip code), Tenn.

  2. a river flowing from eastern Tennessee through northern Alabama, western Tennessee, and southwestern Kentucky into the Ohio near Paducah. 652 miles (1,050 km) long.



Tennessee

/ ˌtɛnɪˈsiː /

noun

  1. Abbreviation: Tenn TNa state of the E central US: consists of a plain in the west, rising to the Appalachians and the Cumberland Plateau in the east. Capital: Nashville. Pop: 5 841 748 (2003 est). Area: 109 412 sq km (42 244 sq miles)

  2. a river in the E central US, flowing southwest from E Tennessee into N Alabama, then west and north to the Ohio River at Paducah: the longest tributary of the Ohio; includes a series of dams and reservoirs under the Tennessee Valley Authority. Length: 1049 km (652 miles)

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Tennessee

  1. State in the south-central United States bordered by Kentucky and Virginia to the north; North Carolina to the east; Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south; and Arkansas and Missouri to the west. Its capital is Nashville, and its largest city is Memphis.

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One of the Confederate states during the Civil War.
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Iamaleava has been far and away the Bruins’ top offensive weapon this season after transferring from Tennessee.

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GE Appliances, owned by China’s Haier Smart Home, said the suppliers are located across 10 states, including four suppliers in Kentucky, four in Tennessee and three in Indiana.

Tennessee continues to fight but is down weapons and too reliant on a rookie quarterback.

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His aunt and caregiver, Kymberly Stacks, was at wit’s end, and took Easton to Siskin Children’s Institute, a nonprofit healthcare organization in Tennessee that accepted his Medicaid insurance.

Only four of these are “private” in some sense; the vast majority are government utilities like our Tennessee Valley Authority.

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ˌTennesˈseanTennessee River